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Hugh Muir: The smell of despair is everywhere. So says the Daily Mail, writing of the decay it finds in Glasgow East

Politicians are beginning to look at the world after Iraq. A timetable for US troop withdrawal has been the hottest issue in the US presidential campaign

Hugh Muir: The smell of despair is everywhere. So says the Daily Mail, writing of the decay it finds in Glasgow East

Two nice examples of the Obama-scepticism that is sweeping America just as Obamania takes hold from the Middle East to Europe

The Venerable Hewitt Wilson had the distinction of being the longest-serving
RAF Chaplain-in-Chief in the service’s 90-year history.

I joined the panel on the BBC Radio programme Any Questions? in Eccles last
week, with Jonathan Dimbleby. Chatting afterwards with members of the
audience I found myself faced again, as always after broadcasts of Any
Questions? (or its television equivalent, Question Time) with the question
that people always ask: “How long in advance do you get notice of the
questions?”

It’s a serious allegation. Liberty’s Shami Chakrabarti alleges that the government have sexed up the evidence for an extension of detention without charge to 42 days. Her claim comes because ministers have cited the example of two people alleged to…

This post is a straightforward list of blogs and websites posting about the legal threat made against cartoonist Dave Walker by Mark Brewer to force him to take down his reporting and comment about the SPCK bookshop chain’s takeover and management by the Society of Saint Stephen the Great (SSG). I followed the story, and my view is that Dave has been careful almost to a fault to stay the right side of the “defamation” line; I would happily repost everything here.

But this list is not primarily about taking a view of the SPCK/SSG “affair”; it is about the right to discuss it in public and not have anyone try and close down debate by having (or claiming to have) access to a bigger legal bludgeon. The list is articles I am aware of that have been posted; they are listed in the order I found them.

Cartoon: Lingamish

If you would like to be added to it, please email me at mattwardman at gmail dot com using the subject line “My Name is Dave Walker” with the complete webaddress of the article you have posted, and who you are. Or make a comment here.